As much of Pakistan, and most of the world, prays for 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai to recover from a vicious Taliban attack, the Islamists say that if she lives they will come after her again. It is a ...

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim's phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked to hear the voice of a senior militant commander demanding protection money from him and ...

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) -- Pakistani forces attacked Taliban fighters in the Swat Valley with artillery and helicopters on May 6 after the United States called on the government to show its ...

MINGORA, Pakistan -- Pakistani warplanes pounded a Taliban-held valley Saturday in what the prime minister called a "war of the country's survival." Warplanes and troops killed dozens of entrenched ...

The Taliban’s governing council chose Mullah Fazlullah, the head of a Pakistan faction in the northwestern Swat Valley, Taliban officials said. Fazlullah is best known for hard-line radio broadcasts — ...

In news from Pakistan, The Guardian reports the Taliban has seized control of Mingora, a main town in the Swat Valley, signaling the death knell for a fragile peace deal with the provincial government ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban on Monday urged civilians to return to the Swat Valley's main city, promising they would not attack security forces battling for control out of concern for the safety of ...

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban announced a 10-day cease-fire in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Sunday after freeing a Chinese hostage during peace talks with the government, while an abducted American threatened ...